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somewhere, i recently read a food article discussing french cuisine which discussed that the french pretty much only use 3 herbs in their cooking.

So if a Frog was stuck on a deserted island and could only have 3 herbs...? My 3 is parsley, chives and thyme. No wait...parsley thyme rosemary or chives, tarragon and basil. Oh forget it! This is just to hard.

blueapron at 12:01PM on 12/04/06

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need a great website for french pastry fomulas

You could try http://www.davidlebovitz.com/ DavidLebovitz.com
He is an American now living in France working as a pastry chef. If he doesn't have what you are after just drop him a line and he will help, really nice guy.

blueapron at 7:16PM on 12/03/06

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somewhere, i recently read a food article discussing french cuisine which discussed that the french pretty much only use 3 herbs in their cooking.

appreciate all the comments, but don't think have found the answer as per the article i read. sounds like it's between tarragon, chervil, parsley, thyme, rosemary; basil, as per "megnut" is not so much a french given

baruch at 3:47PM on 12/05/06

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somewhere, i recently read a food article discussing french cuisine which discussed that the french pretty much only use 3 herbs in their cooking.

@ SALTSMOKE: Basil is so not a given in French cuisine.

Perhaps you're thinking of the fines herbes: tarragon, chervil, parsley, and chives? Tarragon is pretty strong, so it's not used as often. If you remove it, you've got three herbs that are staples in French cooking.

megnut at 1:07PM on 12/05/06

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somewhere, i recently read a food article discussing french cuisine which discussed that the french pretty much only use 3 herbs in their cooking.

saltsmoke: I think I would like to see what it looks like when you get started on chervil!

Nika at 12:35PM on 12/04/06